Triple
T180981
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | CrossCountry |
E3874
|
entity |
| Predicate | regulator |
P46
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Office of Rail and Road
The Office of Rail and Road is the independent regulator and competition authority for Britain’s railway network and the economic regulator for England’s strategic road network.
|
E23433
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Office of Rail and Road | Statement: [CrossCountry, regulator, Office of Rail and Road]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Rail and Road Context triple: [CrossCountry, regulator, Office of Rail and Road]
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A.
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport is the UK government ministry responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure, and regulation across road, rail, air, and sea.
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B.
Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
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C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
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D.
National Rail
National Rail is the collective name for the passenger rail services and network in Great Britain, encompassing most regional and intercity train operations outside of urban metro systems.
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E.
Rail Delivery Group
Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Office of Rail and Road Triple: [CrossCountry, regulator, Office of Rail and Road]
Generated description
The Office of Rail and Road is the independent regulator and competition authority for Britain’s railway network and the economic regulator for England’s strategic road network.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Rail and Road Target entity description: The Office of Rail and Road is the independent regulator and competition authority for Britain’s railway network and the economic regulator for England’s strategic road network.
-
A.
Department for Transport
The Department for Transport is the UK government ministry responsible for national transport policy, infrastructure, and regulation across road, rail, air, and sea.
-
B.
Network Rail
Network Rail is the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, responsible for tracks, signals, major stations, and related assets.
-
C.
British Rail
British Rail was the state-owned company that operated most of the railway services in Great Britain from the late 1940s until the privatization of the rail network in the 1990s.
-
D.
National Rail
National Rail is the collective name for the passenger rail services and network in Great Britain, encompassing most regional and intercity train operations outside of urban metro systems.
-
E.
Rail Delivery Group
Rail Delivery Group is the industry body that represents and coordinates Britain’s passenger and freight train operators and Network Rail, working to improve and manage the national rail system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a25497e2f08190a040f8c6e1842643 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:36 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69a25923507c8190bd7f6eda404b0da0 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:55 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69a2fd0405608190bf4c1aa8a8fa9ad1 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:34 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69a2fe96bec48190a7b8030b466b5e62 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:41 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69a2ff0f87b08190a5b4713d2b3340c6 |
completed | Feb. 28, 2026, 2:43 p.m. |
Created at: Feb. 28, 2026, 2:40 a.m.